the 4th.

the 4th of july.

i love it.

but you know me,

i love tradition.

i love having things my kids can count on.

one of those things.....

the parade!

my mom made us an awesome

breakfast first!

and then we headed out....

 our eliza seems to find her way into many a parade.

this time it was for tumbling.

she did awesome!

(starting her tuck)

 next we went to lunch at my sisters.

yum.

look at her cute drink!

 then we decided to beat the heat 

and go see "Brave" so cute.

i'm a sucker for disney.

 we then "dinnered"

with some friends and ended back 

at our house for fireworks.

griff and his buddies did not love it.

this was the safety zone.

 it was such a fun day.

i love being with my family.

any excuse right?

hope yours was great!